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The Long Death Of A Failed BallplayerThis story originally appeared in the August, 1980 issue of Inside Sports and appears here with permission. ...

Pitcher Do Get Lonely (Even Scrubs)I used to play stickball with my pals out in Brooklyn in the late '90s. One summer morning I was pitching and getting bombed. When I tried to be cute, I didn't come anywhere near the box on the wall. When I tried my best David Wells and just put the ball over the plate, they murdered me....

Jake Gets Hitched...AgainFrom the New York Times in 1985, here's Ira Berkow on Jake LaMotta's sixth wedding:...

On the Slant

A few weeks ago I had a phone conversation with Red Smith's biographer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Ira Berkow. He told me:...